Usually, pronunciation is evaluated subjectively by listening. The aim of this research project is to obtain an objective measurement of the quality of pronunciation. For this objective evaluation a real-time spectral analyzing method is developed on a digital signal-processor (16 bandfilters according to the critical-band model). For every word this method leads to a different trace in a 16-dimensional spectral space. Besides level and speaker normalisation also time normalisation will be applied by determining an average spectrum for each phoneme and transition. CVC-words were analyzed spoken according to the Dutch pronunciation rules by male adults (6 native Dutch and 9 foreigners). The feasibility of the objective evaluation has been investigated by considering whether the spectral information as expressed in various distancemeasures gives an adequate description of subjective judgements of the phonemes.